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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Performer
Burt Bacharach
Keyboards
Michael Boddicker
Keyboards
Weldon Parks
Guitar
David Boruff
Saxophone
R. Stanfield
Piano
Randy Waldman
Keyboards
Guy Vaughn
Programming
Marcus Miller
Bass Guitar
Joshua Thompson
Guitar
Bobby Wooten
Piano
Margaret Branch
Background Vocals
Sandra Dance-Feva
Background Vocals
Brenda Corbett
Background Vocals
Portia Griffin
Background Vocals
Lynn Davis
Background Vocals
Jessie Richardson-Williams
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Burt Bacharach
Composer
Carole Bayer Sager
Composer
Bruce Roberts
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Burt Bacharach
Producer
Carole Bayer Sager
Producer
Bruce Roberts
Producer
David Conley
Additional Producer
Mick Guzauski
Mixing Engineer
Jess Sutcliffe
Engineer
Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff
Engineer
Kevin Becka
Engineer
Lyrics
This is my life and it's my right to live
The way I want to live each day
That's what I wanna say
And this is my song
And for too long I sang someone else's melody
It wasn't really me
Somehow I took myself for granted
In someone else's eyes
I saw reflections of a girl I was who caught me by surprise
Seein' a woman who's defined by you, I never realized
I can't love you, I can't love me through someone else's eyes
You were the sun, I was the one who just
Revolved around you day and night
You were my only life but if I were free
Baby, I'd take control of everything inside of me
Find who I wanna be
I'd never take myself for granted
In someone else's eyes
I saw reflections of a girl I was who caught me by surprise
Seein' a woman who's defined by you, I never realized
I can't love you, I can't love me in someone else's eyes
I gotta show myself I can still exist without a man
Gotta finally take control, gotta see myself as whole with you
Though you're not the one to blame, I was lost inside your name
And I'll never be the same till I find a way back home again
In someone else's eyes
I saw reflections of a girl I was who caught me by surprise
Seein' a woman who's defined by you, I never realized
When I, I can't, I and I will not, you can't make me
Ooh, someone else's eyes, ooh, baby, baby, baby
Till I find a way back home again
Through someone else's eyes
I saw reflections of a girl I was, hey, caught me by surprise
Seein' a woman who's defined by you, I never realized
I can't love you, I can't love you through someone else's eyes, ooh
Someone else's eyes, no baby, ooh
Someone else's eyes, can't do it, I can't do it
I, I love you, sweet baby, I wanna be with you, baby
Through someones else's eyes, ooh
Someone else's eyes, oh, baby
Oh yeah, someone else's eyes
I wanna be by your side
God haven't you heard this lady's cry?
Writer(s): Burt F. Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Bruce Roberts
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